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Symptoms When you try to install Tivoli Common Reporting 2.11 and Common Pack Service 1.2.2 on Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager (TNPM) 1.3.1 Wireless system, you may encounter an install exception error. The error message is as follows: " install exception: Oracle Server/Client must be installed above 10.2.0.4 version: Current this server stated as ver 10.2.0.1 " Note: Currently, Tivoli Common Reporting Version 2.1.1 and Common Pack Service Version 1.2.2 are supported on TNPM Wireless 1.3.2 system. Installation Sequence Assuming... [More]

A set of IBM® Tivoli Common Reporting event reports for use with IBM® Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus and the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus gateway for JDBC. These reports provide event summary views based on the event data stored by a Netcool/OMNIbus database gateway for JDBC.Details of these reports are included in the supplied readme file, along with instructions for the required configuration of Common Reporting, Netcool/OMNIbus and gateway. Can be downloaded from ISM Library : ... [More]

Few tips are outlined here to share our experience while
building TNPM (Wireless) TCR Reports
based on NPR report specification. These may seem trivial, but when it is
required, it may take some time to reach the solution. 1. To save the TCR Report Template to Local File System Apply to IE 6.0 only.
(Firefox does not support ActiveX) From the Report Studio menu
toolbar: Select tab ‘Advanced’,
and check the check box ‘Allow local file access’. Copy the lfa.dll from the
Cognos Server (TIP/TCR server) to your
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Since 1.3C, a selection of technology packs are delivered with Common Packs. A Common Pack is made up of Cognos data-model generated from the tech pack, from which user can create reports using the Cognos Report Studio suite, as well as some sample Cognos reports. Here I’ll summarize all the info related to Common Pack, so that you’ll have a good overview of Common Pack and how to get started with it. What is delivered in packs: As mentioned, only a selected few of our technology packs are Cognos-enabled. For such packs, the artifacts... [More]

This demo provides an overview of the formula storage feature in TNPM 1.3.1 Wireless Component and Model Maker IBM Cognos Edition 1.1.5. The formula storage feature allows you to store the results of runtime formula calculations (UDCs and Pcalcs) and make the data available for reporting in the new Common Reporting UI. You can define formula storage summary calculations, create and run summaries to collect and save the resulting data, and then use Model Maker to make the data available to Common Reporting. The existing ability to collect... [More]

Periodically, we are making fully tested and supported feature updates available for our Tivoli Common Reporting users. The latest updates, now available in Interim Fix 11, consist of a wireless core software patch and an updated version of Model Maker IBM Cognos Edition, version 1.1.5. Wireline customers
can install and use Model Maker IBM Cognos Edition 1.1.5, however, it offers
no new functionality for wireline customers. When you install these two updates, you get the following features and improvements. Formula Storage When the... [More]

To enable Tivoli Common Reporting on Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager (TNPM), you must install additional software, Model Maker IBM Cognos Edition. Model Maker can be used with both the wireless and wireline components of TNPM. Wireless users will also have to install IBM Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 2.1. I'll not go into detail on the solution in this post, I'd just
like to point you to the documentation you need to get going Then I'll let the docs do the talking. If you have further questions, I'll be glad to
help. For each... [More]